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    Magna Carta - Wikipedia

    • Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta or sometimes Magna Charta ("Great Charter"), is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Stephen Langton, to make peace betwe… See more

    The Amazing Legacy of Magna Carta
    The Amazing Legacy of Magna Carta
    Magna Carta was a 1215 deal between King John and his barons. It reduced the king's authority and gave some rights and liberties to his people.
    History

    Magna Carta originated as an unsuccessful attempt to achieve peace between royalist and rebel factions in 1215, as part of the events leading to the outbreak of the First Barons' War. England was ruled by King John, … See more

    Content

    Numerous copies, known as exemplifications, were made of the various charters, and many of them still survive. The documents were written in heavily abbreviated medieval Latin in clear handwriting… See more

    Explanatory notes

    1. ^ The document's Latin name is spelled either Magna Carta or Magna Charta (the pronunciation is the same), and may appear in English with or without the definite article "the", though it is more usual for the artic… See more

    Bibliography

    • Aurell, Martin (2003). L'Empire de Plantagenêt, 1154–1224 (in French). Paris: Tempus. ISBN 978-2262022822.
    • Barnes, Thomas Garden (2008). Shaping the Common Law: From Glanvill to Hale, 1188–1688. … See more

    Further reading

    Ambler, S. T. (August 2015). "Magna Carta: Its Confirmation at Simon de Montfort's Parliament of 1265". English Historical Review. CXXX (545): 801–830. doi:10.1093/ehr/cev202.
    • Davies, Stephen (2008). … See more

     
  1. The Magna Carta (or Great Charter) was written in Latin and was effectively the first written constitution in European history. It established the principle of respecting the law, limiting government power and protecting human rights.
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